The Liturgical Element In The Earliest Forms Of The Medieval Drama: With Special Reference To The English And German Plays (1916) - Softcover

Kretzmann, Paul Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1437288855 ISBN 13: 9781437288858

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

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""The Liturgical Element In The Earliest Forms Of The Medieval Drama: With Special Reference To The English And German Plays"" is a scholarly work by Paul Edward Kretzmann, published in 1916. The book explores the origins of medieval drama, focusing on its relationship with liturgical practices in England and Germany. Kretzmann delves into the historical background of the liturgical plays and their development over time, examining the ways in which religious rituals and celebrations influenced the form and content of early drama. He also analyzes the specific elements of liturgy that were incorporated into the plays, such as chants, prayers, and processions. Through detailed analysis of specific plays, Kretzmann offers insights into the ways in which medieval drama reflected the religious and cultural context of its time. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of medieval literature and drama, as well as for those interested in the history of religion and culture in the Middle Ages.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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As indicated in the introduction below, the present author is by no means the first to point out liturgical formulae in the religious drama. He has merely gone somewhat farther in the application of the idea than has hitherto been attempted. It is also proper to acknowledge that liturgical tags may in many instances have found place in the religious drama by irtue of their having been transferred thither as part of epical or homiletic source material at a later stage than that of the dramatic office in the church ser4ce. There can be no question but that the liturgy also underlies a great portion of medieval religious literatiire and may therefore read Uyhave been a part of secondarysources. During the preparation of this monograph, it was necessary to consult also epical and lyrical poetry of the Middle A ges to some extent, and it became eident --ith increasing clearness that these branches of literature were influenced largely by the liturgy of the church. In the German field the poem Biblische geschichte von der Beschaffunge diser Welt bisz aufs jungst gericht gereymt, and in the English field The Northern Passion, are cases in point. There is also, no doubt, a certain reactive influence of secular upon religious literature. The English Harrosnng of Hell is possibly an instance of this kind. If it were possible to discover more manuscripts of this particular vork, the difficulty might be solved. Whether the contention advanced a few years ago that this play may have originated with the vork of Cynewulf can ever be sustained by the discovery of sufficient evidence, is more than doubtful. In the case of the great body of plays, except those on apochryphal subjects and from apochryphal sources, the contention of the thesis seems to be borne out by thee idence presented even when due allowance is made for the post-liturgical introduction of liturgical materi
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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1437288855
• ISBN 13: 9781437288858
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184
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